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Google bidding on 700Mhz spectrum


Brian Maier

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here's some info on what may happen to this portion of the spectrum:

http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=165336

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said the FCC would release within a week the results of tests of several remote-sensing unlicensed devices that would potentially be allowed to operate in the so-called "white spaces" between DTV channels.

The FCC has already said it plans to allow fixed devices in the band subject to testing and other safeguards to make sure the devices do not cause interference to TV reception. It has not yet decided to allow the remote-sensing unlicensed devices.

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the results are in: "A report released Tuesday from the commission's Office of Engineering & Technology finds that tests of submitted prototype devices envisioned for use in unoccupied slices of TV spectrum failed to perform as hoped."

http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/fcc-oet-white-space-devices-0802/

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